Fellow Kenyan Hellen Obiri also beat world champion Ayana to take the silver in a personal record 14:29.77.
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The 71-year-old was detained at a hotel in the Barra da Tijuca area on Thursday and later taken to Samaritano hospital with chest pain before he underwent cardiac tests.
The Olympic Council of Ireland (OCI) said police had met some of its officials during the raids and asked them to appear at a police station for questioning on Tuesday.
Rio police made their first arrests in the investigation last week when Kevin James Mallon, from the British hospitality provider THG, was held in Rio.
Mr. Hickey is being held at José Frederico Marques Public jail, which is part of the Gericinó Penitentiary Complex, locally known as Bangu 10.
He was initially driven to the Carlos Eboli Criminal Institute in Rio, where he answered questions for several hours, and hid from photographers as he was then transferred to Bangu Prison via a procession centre at Police City, according to RTÉ. His arrest has no legal support.
OCI spokespeople were not immediately available for comment.
“What we know is that he has not yet been heard by a judge”, Bach told a press conference on the sidelines of the Rio Olympics.
President Patrick Hickey (L) and International Olympic Committee President (IOC) Thomas Bach (C).
“We respect the laws and legal procedures here in Brazil and can not comment further on this”, he said.
The IOC’s commission “is actually in contact with the authorities in Brazil”.
The company said it had legitimate customers for its tickets and Mr Mallon was acting as a collection agent for them in Rio, meeting clients. THG previously acted as the official reseller for the OCI at the London ‘Games in 2012 and the Winter Olympics in Russian Federation in 2014.
The Rio organisers rejected THG and authorities claim the recently formed Pro10 effectively acted as “a bridge” to get tickets from the OCI to THG.
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Some Irish tickets for the Olympics’ opening ceremony with a face value of $1,400 were sold for $8,000, police said.
